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Jabber is defined as to talk quickly and to babble nonsense.

(verb)

When you are really excited to see your friends after a long absence and you all just start talking animatedly without paying attention to what you are really saying, this is an example of when you jabber.

The definition of jabber is excited, fast and often nonsensical talk.

(noun)

The excited, careless chatter of a group of friends is an example of jabber.

See jabber in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb, transitive verb

to speak or say quickly, incoherently, or nonsensically; chatter; gibber

Origin: LME jaberen: prob. echoic

noun

fast, incoherent, nonsensical talk; gibberish

Related Forms:

jabberer noun

See jabber in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb jab·bered, jab·ber·ing, jab·bers

verb, intransitive

To talk rapidly, unintelligibly, or idly.

verb, transitive

To utter rapidly or unintelligibly.

noun

Rapid or babbling talk.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English javeren

Origin: , of imitative origin

Related Forms:

jabˈber·er noun

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